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It is because race impacts the daily lives of every single black person from birth till death. Racial inequities that work to the detriment of black people in every category are ever-present, and a black person can't help but note the double-standards whenever they occur.

Had a black woman done what Casey Anthony did, not only would the jury have taken far less time to decide, but the condemnation would've been harsh and absolute. It's quite a shame. In fact, the darker the skin of the black woman, the more severe the condemnation. For instance, had Anthony looked as dark-skinned as Grace Jones, the jury would've thought she was guilty before they even heard the evidence.

One does not expect the typical racist to understand or even acknowledge this reality. The outrage by the typical racist speaks more to the glaring and severe limitations of the racist than anything else.

Your total self-absorption says it all and your assumptions about race would make any Klansman proud. Caylee's death has absolutely nothing to do with you and your blackness. Life Is Not Always About You.

I don't believe race is a factor other wise Casey would not even be charged...

I also didn hear anything about the judge...I believe that most people saw judge who did a good job and not a .....

I wish this thread was not started....because I'm getting so sick of race being mentioned in almost every subject....this case was a about a middle class girl who lied about almost everything....a child who is dead found with duct tape on her mouth, throw away in way I would not even dumb my garbage, a mother who did nothing than party, meanwhile committed theft and fraud...parents who first call the cops on her and then changed their story to decent their spoiled daughter...

I don't see what race has to do with this case

I've posted 2 or 3 times about the duct tape evidence. Did you watch the trail and see the actual evidence?

So I apologize, but I guess for it to sink in, a graphic, but true statement is needed: She did not have a mouth. The tape was stuck to matted hair on one side of the skull. There was no flesh of any kind left on her remains. The other 2 pieces of tape were found nearby- not on the skeletal remains.

Like it or not race, and increasingly class, are factors in our society. When ever I hear people complain about the "race card", it seems that race is more of an issue for them than for other people. Or for most people.

I am not saying that they are "card carrying racists", all of the time. but they seem to be annoyed by any suggestion that race might have played a part in anything.
They may want to think that our society is blind to race, but it's not.

Renault, did you miss my earlier post, with a link of a blck Mother who put duct tape on her child, and threw him away? She is now on death row. See any similarities? Casey Anthony's case was widely publicized, so, she had money to pay Jose Baez cash up front, a huge retainer. The black woman was not "news" she got a public defender. We could keep going, but that is a start. The comparison comtrast could go on for pages.

Casey made $200k from selling pictures of Caylee. She used that money to pay Baez, but it wasn't enough since he was her lawyer from the beginning to the verdict, so the state of Florida ended up paying for most of her defense.

Exactly! You don't see pictures of little black girls plastered on the news on an hourly basis. And that was just the beginning as to why this IS a race issue! Anyone with an ounce of sense can see that. This turned into a media circus, because Caylee was a pretty, little, white girl.

To be fair, there are a lot of pretty, little white girls who go missing and/or found murdered, and they don't receive anywhere near as much attention as Caylee did. I think that Casey waiting 31 days to report her daughter missing, and the fact that Casey's physical appearance (reasonably attractive, young, white woman) didn't fit the "normal" profile of a child murderer is really what got the case a lot of attention. Obviously Caylee being a cute toddler, a victim that people could easily sympathize with, didn't hurt either.

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